"where is GrowlHelperApp?" box popping up

Hi, I am running itunes 8.0.2 on a macbook running 10.4.11 and all of sudden everytime i open itunes and frequently when I change songs a choose application menu pops up and says "where is GrowlHelperApp?" I do not have any file by that name on my computer nor have I ever had Growl (that i know of). If i select something else from the menu nothing happens and the box continues to pop up. This is very annoying and I was wondering if anyone knew of a solution for this.
Thank you very much.

Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 4, 2009 6:49 PM

20 replies

Mar 14, 2012 6:44 PM in response to Chris CA

@Chris CA:
When I did a search for Growl and GrowlHelperApp in the Apple Discussions, I found information that was helpful to me, even though they were several years old.

So, why do you suppose that my comment will not be helpful to others who do a search like I did?

I assure you that I didn't believe my comment would provide an answer to those who asked the question three years ago. I'm sure they got their answer long ago.

But there will be others — like me — who have never had Growl on their computer until recently. With me, it was yesterday, when I installed the Dropbox App at the request of a client. Today, I discovered in my Login Items the file "GrowlHelperApp."

I thought, "What is that? And where did it come from?"
So, I sought answers in these Apple discussions.

I hope my explanation will ease your frowny face, and prompt you to reconsider — with fresh insight — your comment about my three-year-old post.

May 15, 2012 1:10 AM in response to David_Purnell

Very useful comment David... Not really...

Have a look at: http://www.macinside.info/process.php?name=GrowlHelperApp

You will find that you can find the application here:

/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources

Use that window that you see to browse (button at the bottom) to that location. If you press cmd-shift-G in the browse window, you can also directly copy/paste the path.

Choose the GrowlHelperApp.app and enjoy.

May 15, 2012 7:50 AM in response to Arjen Hiemstra

@Arjen: Thank you.

Aug 31, 2012 3:21 PM in response to jed99

Growl is utilized by many applications. I've just found that Box Simple Share uses Growl. It's looking for the helper app.

For some reason the helper app was never installed. I got growl from the Mac App store. I have no patience for such problems so I disabled Growl notifications in Box Simple Share.

Aug 31, 2012 3:41 PM in response to ronknights

I couldn't find out how to edit my last post, so I'll add this clarification here.

In my case, it was Box Sync, which is related to Box Simple Share and Box.net.

I had downloaded and installed Growl from the Mac App Store, but had never run it. I ran it just now, and got the preferences I needed to make everything work properly.

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